thanks for your reply, unfortunately fulltext is only available in MyISAM engine and not InnoDB which our applications uses.
>I'm not up on MySQL, but in MS SQL I use the FULLTEXT functionality. > >I see this is also available on MySQL: > >http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/fulltext-search.html > >Hi, > >We use ColdFusion and MySQL (innodb) in our applications and when users >search for data we want it to also find records containing related words / >synonyms. > >What is the best way to achieve this? > >Thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344089 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

